Joseph Egnatius Bieganek (1897 - 1952)

Born 15 Apr 1897 in Holdingford, Minnesota, United States

Husband of Rose S (Deering) Bieganek — married 9 Feb 1920 in Harding, Minnesota, United States

Died 19 Jan 1952 at age 54 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Obituary

Solemn Requiem Rites Held Tuesday For J. E. Bieganek

Joseph E. Bieganek, 54 years old, county commissioner and implement dealer at Harding, died Saturday, January 19th, at 2:30 a.m., at University hospital, at Minneapolis, from a kidney ailment from which he'd been suffering the past few years.

Rev. J. Alfred Kroll officiated at the Holy Cross church in Harding on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, with Rev. John Kroll, Foley, as deacon and Rev. Aloysius Kroll, Brennyville, subdeacon. Interment was in the church cemetery. The sisters of St. Francis convent sang the requiem and played the organ.

Joseph Bieganek was born in Holdingford April 15, 1897. At the age of 20 he moved to Harding, where he married Rose Deering on February 9, 1920.

Mr. Bieganek was Harding's first Postmaster, was a member of the Pulaski town board, a church trustee, and a member of the Holy Cross Faternity and Knights of Columbus.

Surviving are his wife and 12 children. They are Sister Mary Justine, OSF, Osakis; Mrs. Herman Mayer (Marion) and Anthony, Eagle Bend; Elephege, USN, Quonset Point, Rhode Island; Mrs. William Austin (Helen) Brainerd; Mrs. Henry Preimesberger, Jr. (Delores), Pierz; Stanley, Leo Theodore, Thomas, Rita, and David, Harding.

A brother, Mike, Harding, and a sister, Mrs. Agnes Puchalla of Minneapolis, also survive.

Pallbearers were Harold Turner, Steve Otremba, Martin Kokett, Gust Hodorff, Leo Billstein, and Richard Plettl. Honorary pallbearers were Ed Simereau, Anthony Deering, Herman Hoffman, Stanley Piasecki, Frank Skwira and Steve Skochenski.

Burial

Holy Cross Church Cemetery, Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota, USA, PLOT: Section 1, Row 4

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MW1L-BM5 : accessed 13 Nov 2014), Joseph Bieganek, Holding, Stearns, Minnesota, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T625, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1820862.

• "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KSV3-K5Z : accessed 13 Nov 2014), Joseph Bieganek, Harding, Harding Village, Morrison, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 49-17, sheet 1A, family 7, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 1939, NARA digital publication of T627, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
• "Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V4QW-14Z : accessed 13 Nov 2014), Joseph E. Bieganek, 19 Jan 1952; from "Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002," Ancestry.com; Hennepin, Minnesota, record 1174410, certificate number 018664, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39116480/joseph-egnatius-bieganek